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Hal"pace (hl"ps), n. (Arch.) See Haut pas.

Hals (hls), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.] The neck or throat. [Obs.]

Do me hangen by the hals.

Chaucer.

Halse (hls), v. t. [AS. healsian.] 1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]

Each other kissed glad And lovely halst.

Spenser.

2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]

O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity.

Chaucer.

Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (hlst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] Grafton

Hal"sen*ing (hl"sn*ng), a. Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [Obs.] Carew.

Hals"er (hs"r), n. See Hawser. Pope.

Halt (hlt), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Halt (hlt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

Without any halt they marched.

Clarendon.

Davenant.

Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] 1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

How long halt ye between two opinions?

1 Kings xviii. 21.

Halt (hlt), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Halt, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

Luke xiv. 21.

Halt, n. The act of limping; lameness.

Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]